Family
Chapter 119 Ice Battle
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Shen and the rest of the Citadel inmates were patiently waiting for the return of Mental Mouse and Dr. Cerebral. The two evil scientist soon arrived in their flaying saucer and got out and approached Shen. The evil deity listened to the scientist as they told him about their hunt for REGIS. Shen already knew, his brother Iroh was on the planet, though he was a little startled that a person fitting Tobe's description had appeared on the scene. The two scientist told Shen everything they saw, including the heroes of Ooo and Sylvester and his minions, before they told him about REGIS's defeat. The news intrigued Shen a little.
"Well this world certainly has some interesting surprises. Does this planet have a sufficient amount of technology and resources for you to use to turn the Citadel piece into a space worthy vessel with warping capabilities?" Said Shen.
"We know of at least one civilization, that contains a great deal of technology, however it also contains a great amount of security and defenses, which could make things difficult." Said Dr. Cerebral.
"We can break in, but it would take time for us to see how advanced the technology truly is and to figure out what we need to take for the vessel." Said Mental Mouse.
"Our current best case of action, would be to search the land, some more and see what other technological advanced civilizations there are. We could then rob them and if they don't possess what we need, will save the Candy Kingdom, for last." Said Dr. Cerebral.
"Very well then. I'll leave you to your work and you may ask any of the others for assistance." Said Shen as he waved the two scientist away.
Shen then turned his attention to something else that had gotten, his attention. The evil deity had sensed a growing dark presence off in the distance. Shen looked in the direction, he sensed the presence and saw a bunch of black storm clouds in the distance. It was a peculiar sight and Shen decided to send Jack and a few of the others to investigate it. Jack was an expert in dark magic and it would keep the prankster villain occupied and from annoying the others villains. Shen then began to wonder what the villains that weren't with his group were up to.
In the Ice Kingdom, Evergreen and Iciclia had finally decided to launch an attack against Simon and Betty. The two villains stood before the mountain castle and looked up at it.
"Today is the day I finally get what is rightfully mine. The crown's power shall be mine and with I shall freeze this world and make it mine." Declared Evergreen.
"That tiara will look dashing on me and it'll increase my powers, which is a bonus." Said Icilia.
"Let's get their attention first. By the powers of ice and frost I summon the serpents of snow!" Said Evergreen as he raised his hands up and made hand signs with them.
The snow around Evergreen began to shift and form into four massive snake like shapes. The snow snakes were thirty feet long and they had pale blue eyes. Evergreen smiled at his creations and pointed at the mountain. The snakes hissed and started slithering up the mountain. Icilia slammed her staff onto the ground and a pillar of ice rose up beneath her and Evergreen taking them up to the mountain behind the snakes. Evergreen chuckled as his creatures reached the top and prepared to break in. Simon and Betty we're currently in their living room just quietly reading, when all of a sudden a huge section of the wall exploded and in slithered the snow serpents. The couple got up and faced the threat. The snow serpents charged forward hissing. Betty fired a burst of mystical lightning at one of the serpents and destroyed it, while the other serpent reached her and tried to bite her with it's fangs, forcing the ice women to take flight to avoid the attack. The serpent hissed and lunged at Betty, but she formed a massive ice fist and brought it crashing down on the serpent's head and destroyed it. Simon conjured up a giant ice sword and sliced one serpent in half. The last serpent charged forward, wrapped it's body around Simon, and attempted to crush him.
"Simon!" Cried Betty as she lost sight of her husband, behind the serpent's coils.
There was a flash of light from beneath the serpent's coils and then the monster exploded into thousands of snowflakes. Simon stood where the serpent once was wiping his brow.
"Well that happened." Said Simon as he dusted himself off a little.
Betty landed next to Simon and then the two of them heard some clapping and turned to see Evergreen and Icilia come in through the hole in the wall.
"I must admit that was very impressive, but then again I would expect nothing less from the people the crown and tiara have chosen to be their masters." Said Evergreen.
"So your the crown's last master. I heard about your imprisonment and your escape." Said Simon as he eyed the icy villain.
"So you have heard of me, I'm quit flattered." Said Evergreen.
"Your here for the crown and the tiara." Said Betty as she eyed the two villains.
"Yes we are and it would be very wise to hand them over to us if your valued your lives." Said Icilia as her scepter crackled with energy.
"But first I think some introductions need to be made. I am Urgence Evergreen and this lovely lady is my wife Icilia." Said Evergreen.
"Well, I would normally say it was nice to meet you, but I know the kind of people you are, so I won't." Said Simon.
"Insolent fool how dare, you be so rude to your betters! We have the blood of royalty and have power far beyond your comprehension. We will take what we want regardless of your compliance. If you refuse to hand the items over we will take them by force and when we are done with you, you'll be begging for forgiveness and you will gladly hand the items over to us." Said Icilia with a cruel smile.
"You know I normally don't do this, but I feel like indulging our new friends with my life's story." Said Evergreen.
"I know your story." Said Simon with a glare.
"You know some of it, but not all of it. Tell me how often do you get to hear the story of someone great from the direct source? Not very often." Said Evergreen with a chuckle.
"It's quit a story." Said Icilia.
"You see thousands of years ago on this very planet, I was once human and a nobleman in a very prosperous kingdom. The kingdom had the magic crown and the tiara and at that time the magical items gave the ones, who wore them the power of ice. The items were used to defend the kingdom and to manipulate the winter season a little to help increase the field harvest. The royals were happy with their kingdom, but I saw that I could do so much more with the magical items, so I took them and used them to conquer a neighboring kingdom. My little stunt didn't go unnoticed by the other kingdoms, so they gathered up their bravest Knights and sent them to my kingdom to capture me. The royal family wanted to hand me over to the Knights as a peace offering and explain, they had nothing to do with my plans, but I wasn't going to let that happen. Using the items I unleashed a mighty snow storm like no other and forced the knights to flee, however I lost control of the storm and it destroyed my kingdom and killed all who were in it. My actions brought forth the Frost Father, the deity who made the crown and the tiara. The Frost Father was furious with me so he took the items away from me and cursed me. The curse turned me into the very creature you see before you. But that wasn't the end of my punishment. The Frost Father banished me to a ice covered planet, where I was supposed to spend the rest of my days, but fate had something else in store for me." Said Evergreen as he cast a look to Icilia.
"The planet, Evergreen was banished to was my home planet. I was a part of a powerful and noble family of ice wielders. One day, Evergreen stumbled upon my family's doorstep and I took him in. Evergreen told me about himself and he began to tell me about how, he was destined for greater things. After spending some time together, we found out that Evergreen's new body was resistant to the cold elements of ice and he had a spark of magic within him that, would allow him to do ice magic. Using my family's library Evergreen learned how to harness, his new power and become stronger. The two of us spent time together and we feel in love and got married. Evergreen convinced me that with our combined powers we could conquer the universe. I was thrilled by this and the two of use set out to conquer the stars, until we were eventual captured and sent to the Citadel." Said Icilia.
"The rest is history and now we shall take that crown and tiara." Said Evergreen as he stood near a wall that had a bunch of family pictures on it.
"Your not getting them." Said Betty.
"Stubborn I see. Well maybe if we pay a little visit to your girls, maybe then you'll change your minds." Said Evergreen as he touched a framed picture of Marceline and Phoebe together.
"You stay the hell away from them!" Growled Simon as he glared at Evergreen.
Evergreen just chuckled and grinned nastily. Simon conjured up a giant fist of ice and hurled it at Evergreen. The villain quickly conjured up an ice shield and the fist slammed into it, sending Evergreen flying out the hole, he had entered through. Simon flew after him. Icilia turned to Betty and began to fire freezing blast of energy at her forcing the ice women to dive behind a couch.
"This place will be your tomb!" Declared Icilia as she conjured up a giant icicle and dropped it towards the couch.
Betty gasped and jumped away from the couch as the icicle slammed into the couch and destroyed it sending sharp pieces of ice everywhere! A couple of pieces scraped the left side of Betty's face and scratched her left shoulder up. Icilia laughed as she slammed the butt of her staff to the ground and sent a trail of ice spikes towards Betty. Betty's hand crackled with energy as she unleashed a blast of mystical lightning at the onrushing spikes and blasted through them. The lightning flew towards Icilia, who deflected the blast away from, herself with a wave of her staff..
"Not bad for a commoner." Said Icilia with a teasing smirk.
Betty gritted, her teeth and conjured up a giant ice fist and hurled it at Icilia. The villain just smirked as she she conjured up a giant icicle and hurl it at the fist. The two attacks met and exploded into a bunch of tiny pieces of ice. Icilia looked for Betty and saw she was no longer where she once stood. The villain looked around in confusion and then Betty came rushing in from the right and punched Icilia in the face make her fall back in pain. Icilia swung, her staff at Betty, who brought her arm up and blocked the swing. There was a hard thunk sound and Icilia saw that Betty had created some arm guards out of ice and strapped them to her wrist to block the attack. Betty raised her free hand up and blasted Icilia in the chest with a blast of cold wind and sent her crashing into a wall. Icilia groaned as she dropped to the floor and her staff fell from her hands. Betty walked over and kicked the staff away. Icilia looked up at Betty with a look of contempt.
"What are you waiting for? Finish me off!" Shouted Icilia as she expected her life to be ended then and there.
"I will not kill you Icilia. I'm going to hand you over to the proper authorities and they will decided your fate, until then your my prisoner." Said Betty as she conjured up some ice chains for Icilia's hands.
Betty then helped Icilia up and then she picked up the villain's staff. The two of them then walked outside to see how the battle with Simon and Evergreen was going.
Evergreen was hurled out the hole from Simon's attack. The villain flew towards the ground and quickly used his powers to create a large pillow of snow to cushion his fall as he landed on the ground. Simon flew out of the mountain after Evergreen and conjured up another giant ice fist to hurl at the villain. Evergreen conjured up a giant clawed fist and flung it at Simon's ice fist. The two attacks collided and exploded into bits. Simon fired some mystical lightning at Evergreen and forced him to dodge. Evergreen retaliated by creating an ice spear and hurled it up at Simon intending to impale him. Simon dodged to the side, but the spear still managed to graze his shoulder and make the ice wizard grimace in pain, before he landed on the ground a few yards away from Evergreen. Evergreen slammed his palms to the ground and a few seconds later a couple of small snow serpents burst from the snow around Simon and attempted to attack him, but Simon quickly created an ice sword and sliced the serpents to bits. This anger Evergreen and he slammed his palms to the ground again. The ground aroundSimon began to violently shake and two massive walls of ice sprung up around Simon and then they slammed together like the massive jaws of a beast. Evergreen grinned in triumph thinking he had won. There was a flash of light from the walls and then they exploded into pieces, to reveal Simon standing and breathing hard. The left lens of Simon's glasses were cracked and his clothes looked a little roughed up, but he didn't seem to be hurt too badly.
"I'll...admit you almost had me." Breathed Simon.
"Would you just die already!" Roared Evergreen as he pulled out his sword and charged at Simon using an ice blast to speed himself forward.
Simon conjured up another ice sword and met Evergreen's attack. Sparks flew from the swords as they clashed with one another. Evergreen pushed Simon back and conjured a giant clawed ice fist to hurl at the wizard. Simon blasted the fist with mystical lightning and destroyed it, before charging back at Evergreen to continue the sword fight. As the fight went on a large cloud covered the sky and it began to snow. Evergreen realized that the snow was Simon's doing and that his attacks seemed to be getting stronger. The villain felt his confidence wavering and decided to take some drastic measures. Using his free hand Evergreen managed to conjure up a tiny three foot long snow serpent behind Simon. The snow serpent raised itself up to attack and struck forward, however Simon managed to see the sneak attack coming through the reflection of his ice sword and he managed to dodge to the side. The monster flew past Simon and towards Evergreen, who quickly swung his sword at the snow serpent and destroyed it, however this left him exposed, for Simon to swing his sword and slice it across Evergreen's chest. Evergreen gasped in pain as he dropped his sword, clutched at his new wound, and fell to his back. Simon stood over Evergreen as if to finish him off, but then someone decided to interfere.
"Wait please stop! His had enough! I beg of you please don't kill him!" Cried Icilia as she ran over and placed herself between Simon and Evergreen.
Simon saw the pleading look in Icilia's eyes and lowered his sword. While this was going on Evergreen picked up sword and then he thrusted it through Icilia's gut and into Simon's right shoulder! Icilia gasped in shock, while Simon stumbled back and dropped to his back making the crown fall from his head. Evergreen chuckled as he pulled the sword out of Icilia's gut and stumbled to his feet. Icilia looked up at Evergreen in shock and disbelief as blood leaked from her new wound.
"Why...did...you...do...that?" Whispered Icilia weakly.
"The fool let his guard down and it was the perfect time for a sneak attack. My blade going through you was the only way to take Simon by surprise." Said Evergreen.
"But...what about us? You...said we would gain great power...and conquer the universe together, when...we got married." Whispered Icilia.
"I'm afraid there's no longer an us. You see my dear though I do find you attractive and powerful, I love power even more. You've been incredibly helpful and I'll admit I might not have gotten this far without your help, but I had no intention of sharing power or the universe with you." Said Evergreen as he walked over to the crown and placed it on his head.
Evergreen expected to immediately feel his powers increase, but he felt nothing. The villain blinked his eyes in confusion. Simon rose to his feet and punched Evergreen in the face knocking the crown off his head and sending the villain tumbling back. Evergreen glared at Simon as he placed the crown back on, his own head.
"What is the meaning of this?! Why didn't the crown increase my powers?!" Roared Evergreen.
"The Frost Father enchanted the crown and the tiara, so only those with a good heart can use the magic. They would find a master and bond with them." Explained Simon.
Evergreen gritted his teeth in anger at this news, before he looked over and saw Betty squatting next to Icilia and attempting to stop the bleeding. The villain turned back to Simon, who had a serious look on his face.
"Tell me something, what kind of man would sacrifice his own wife for an attempt at power? I'll tell you who, a weak selfish man! Even if you killed me and severed my connection to the crown, you would still be unable to use it, because of your own selfishness!" Declared Simon as he pointed a finger at Evergreen.
"Curse you! I'm going to kill you and your wife and then I'll figure out a way to use the items! None shall keep me from my destiny!" Roared Evergreen as he charged forward with his sword.
Evergreen took a wild sword swing at Simon with his sword, but Simon dodged the attack and slammed a palm sparking with freezing energy into Evergreen's chest sending him flying back and crashing to the ground. Evergreen let out a groan as he sat up on, his knees. The villain felt a cold presence deep within his chest. Evergreen put a hand to his chest as he felt the cold feeling spread through his body.
"I...feel...cold!" Gasped Evergreen as ice appeared on his chest and it began to spread out across, his body.
In a matter of seconds Evergreen's body was completely covered in ice. There was a loud cracking sound and the villain shattered to tiny bits. Simon glanced at the shattered remains as the wind blew them away. The wizard went over to Betty, who was trying to help Icilia, but it looked bad for the villain.
"So that jerk...is dead. Serves him right for what he did. I...can't believe...I used to love him...and didn't suspect his true intentions." Groaned Icilia.
"Hush now. You need to save your energy." Said Betty as she applied pressure to the wound.
"Don't...bother. I can...feel my time coming to an end. It's funny that the person, who I tried to kill a little while ago is trying to save me, from a wound my husband gave me. Life is certainly full of surprises." Said Icilia with small smile.
"I'm sorry this happened to you." Said Simon.
"Don't be. It...was...my husband who did this, not either of you. There is one thing you can do for me." Said Icilia.
"What's that?" Asked Betty.
"I want you to take my staff. You've...earned it and I will...feel a little better knowing that someone like you has it." Said Icilia.
Betty nodded and picked up the staff. Icilia gave one last little smile, before her eyes closed and she stopped breathing. Simon carefully picked up Icilia's body and carried it back to the mountain followed by Betty. The icy couple made a call to Bubblegum and then Doctor Princess telling them what happened and so the battle of ice was over.
To be continued.
